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Chess Club 2006-2007

The Chess Club is a relaxed atmosphere in room B309 on Wednesdays where experts sharpen their skills and beginners learn how to play. Joining a club of any kind will most likely push a student to greater excellence in their studies, social skills, and self esteem.

Not a Chess player? Not a problem, we will teach you!!! New members are always welcomed.

Have you ever played chess? Did you know that chess is the oldest skill game in the world? But chess is more than just a game of skill. It can tell you much about the way people lived in medieval times. If you look at the way a chess board is set up, then study the pieces and how they are used, you will realize that chess is a history of medieval times in miniature. The six different chess pieces on the board represent a cross section of medieval life with its many ceremonies, grandeur, and wars.

Chess was played many centuries ago in China, India, and Persia. No one really knows for sure in which country it originated. Then, in the eighth century, armies of Arabs known as Moors invaded Persia. The Moors learned chess from the Persians. When the Moors later invaded Spain, the soldiers brought the game of chess with them. Soon the Spanish were playing chess, too. From Spain, chess quickly spread throughout all of Europe.